It’s Showtime

I’m in the front row at Yerba Buena Center to see what spectacle Apple has whipped up. (Sometimes it pays to be late. I arrived five minutes before the start and Apple PR found me a seat up front!) It’s a very full house with lots of network cameras crews and the usual giant screen. They’re playing the Bob Dylan iTunes ad and here comes Steve, dressed in his usual blue jeans. This time a gray button down shirt has replaced the black turtle neck. He seems his usual relaxed self.

New headphones … Still ear buds though – we’ll see if they sound better

Now gapless song playback available on iPod

Alphabetic searches – that’s a nice feature

Games will now be sold for all 5th generation and later iPods, including Bejeweled, Cubis, Mah Jong, Mini Golf, Zuma, Tetris, Pac-Man, and Texas Hold ’em. Support from EA and others. $4.99 each. They look (and sound) pretty good